Crumbling Mountainside: Into the Void

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

High in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, a huge shift on the surface of a glacier sends two climbers hurtling down the slope at breakneck speed. With no time to react, Paul Rogers vanishes into the ice. He will find himself injured, without equipment and with no idea what’s happened to his partner. And just when it seems things can’t get any worse, they do… A Noiser production, written by Chris McDonald. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.2	It's late morning on Friday, September 1st, 1989.
0:38.6	The sky is an endless stretch of blue over New Zealand's Mount Cook National Park.
0:45.5	Sunlight dances on the towering peaks.
0:48.8	Below, Forbes Glacier glistens like a frozen river, its glassy surface sparkling. Paul Rogers and Marty
0:59.8	Sinclair are almost at the top of the glacier. The seasoned climbers are keeping a steady pace,
1:06.2	their crampons crunching into the ice with practiced ease. The ascent is exhilarating.
1:14.6	They snake their way upwards and take in a breathtaking expanse around them.
1:20.6	The snow-topped summits above, the sprawling mass of greenery far below.
1:26.6	The air is crisp, rejuvenating. Soon, the inclined
1:34.3	steepens. A sudden gust of wind, the first they felt all morning, kicks up loose snow, sending
1:41.9	it swirling in a fine mist.
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